Pickens County
Temperature Summary (1951-2006)
Highest Maximum: 105 F, August 21, 1983
Lowest Minimum: -6 F, January 21, 1985
Annual Average:
Maximum 71.7 F
Mean 60.4 F
Minimum 49.1 F
Precipitation Summary (1951-2006)
Highest Daily Rainfall: 9.92 Inches, September, 1936
Annual Average Rainfall: 63.28 Inches
Wettest Year: 78.46 Inches, 1964
Driest Year: 33.40 Inches, 1981
Mean Snowfall: 5.1 Inches
Largest Snowfall: 14.0 Inches, 1930
Extreme Events (*Data through August 2006)
18 Tornadoes (1950-2006)
Total cost from all the tornadoes $5.023 million
5 Injuries from all the tornadoes
179 Wind Events (thunderstorm winds exceeding 60 miles per hour)
83 Hail Events (1955-2006)
Total cost= $665,000
3 Lightning Events (1993-2006)
1 Lightning-related Injuries
0 Death from Lightning
Total cost= $51,000
Following data from 1993-2006
38 Total Floods
22 Flash Floods
13 River Floods
2 Urban Floods
60 Ice, Sleet or Snow Events
19 Extreme Cold Events
194 Months in Moderate to extreme according to Palmer Drought Severity Index computed by Regional Drought Monitor
